Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority

05/21/2026

05/04/2026

The Northwest Indiana Regional Development’s newly created Land Development Entity aims to turn brownfields into redeveloped land.

05/01/2026

The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) today issued a Notice to Bidders for the For the Demolition of Commercial Structures Located at 810-50 Massachusetts Street (the former Gordon’s Department Store Annex), 813-59 Broadway (the former Gordon’s Department Store), and 401 Adams Street (the Genesis Convention Center and parking garage) in Gary.

The Notice and all supporting materials are now available for download at https://www.in.gov/rda/rfprfq/

A mandatory pre-bid site meeting will be held on May 5, 2026, at 10:00 AM (Central Time), beginning at 810 Massachusetts Street, Gary, IN 46402. The meeting will include visits to each of the sites included in this contract. Attendees will have full access to the sites to make visual assessments, obtain measurements, and otherwise inform the bidding process. Prospective bidders are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the sites and surrounding areas to the extent possible prior to the pre-bid meeting.

Prospective bidders are required to attend the pre-bid meeting to be considered for the contract award.

These projects are funded through the Gary Blight Elimination Program, which was authorized by the State Legislature in 2023 and is managed jointly by the RDA and the City of Gary. The original $12 million dedicated to the program – half from the RDA, half from the City – has since been bolstered by an additional $15 million from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s READI 2.0 program that will fund additional demolition work, renovations to the Hudson & Campbell Center, and incentives for new development.

https://www.in.gov/rda/rfprfq/

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04/16/2026

Another day, another groundbreaking in Hammond! Our thanks to Mayor McDermott for inviting us to take part. We can’t wait to see the new downtown station finished.

04/16/2026

South Shore train rolls past the site of the future downtown Hammond station. Groundbreaking today!

03/31/2026

The Monon Line’s first train awaits its first passengers!

03/30/2026

With every rail project completed, every new development breaking ground and every new resident welcomed, Northwest Indiana is moving forward with confidence.

What should we do next? The RDA has been thinking about that for the better part of two years as we worked on updating our comprehensive strategic plan.

03/27/2026

We’ll be there!!!

Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. and the City of Hammond invite you to join us for the groundbreaking of the new downtown Hammond train station on Thursday, April 16th at 1:00PM. Please join Mayor McDermott and his staff as they celebrate this exciting new development for Hammond’s downtown.

The new train station will serve as a third Hammond stop for the new Monon Corridor Line that connects Dyer to Chicago through Munster and Hammond. The station will be an iconic structure along the new rail line and is designed by renowned architect, Alexander Gorlin Architects from New York, New York in collaboration with acclaimed city planners Speck Dempsey, led by Jeff Speck, who designed Hammond’s downtown walkable city master plan.

The station will connect current and future downtown residents to a more accessible and convenient transit option. It represents another important step in the city’s ongoing effort to make Downtown Hammond a truly walkable city.

The event will take place near the corner of Russell Street and Oakley Avenue (east of the rail line). There will be limited seating available. We ask that members of the community arrive a few minutes early, so we can begin the ceremony promptly at 1:00PM. There will be on-street parking available on both Fayette and Oakley.